Cornelius callahan



(No ode'l.)

C. GALLAHAN.

HOSE GARR-IER.

Nb. 251,996. Patented Jan. 3,1882.

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MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO` THE AMERICAN FIRE HOSE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE. i

Hose-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 251,996, dated January 3, 1882.

l Application filed October 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS CALLAHAN, of Chelsea,county of Suii'olk, and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvementin Hose-Carriers,--of which the following description, in connection` with the accompanying drawings,`is a specification. l

This invention has for its object the production ot' a cheap and efficient carrier, by which 1o a fireman may easily carry tire-hose up a ladder or suspend it on the rounds cfa ladder.

My improved hose-carrier is composed of a strong leather strap provided at one end with an open loop to embrace the strap and at its I5 other end with a handled ladder-hook to engage the round of a ladder, all as will be hercinafter described.

Figure l represents in side View a hose-carrier embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 shows 2o 'the same applied to and as lifting a length of hose.

A is a strongleather strap, one end of which is passed through an opening in and riveted at. a about a bar of a rectangular metal loop,

B, open at its rear end, as at c, to permit it to be readily' and easily passed over the strap A, the latter being thus received in the space d of the loop, where it will be retained by the projection e, whichfortns ashoulder to receive 3o the edge of the strap when the carrier is applied to the hose H, as in Fig. 3. The strap A at its upper end is riveted at 2 about the bar of a ladder-hook, E, having cast Or formed with it a grasping-bar, 3, which is extended in the direction of the point4 of the ladder-hook.

The ladder-hook has its point 4 c Xte`ded in one direction, but the loop B is ope at its rear side or in the opposite direction, which is of great advantage, because as the hose is being carried the strap is made to draw thereon 4o in the direction of the point 4 of the ladderhook, which direction of strain,'it will be obvious, tends to maintain the strap in the central part of the loop B, Whereas iti' the loop B were open or had the projection e at its opp0- 45 site end the tendency of the strap would be to draw out from the loop.

I am aware that ropes have been connected with hooks to engage them when the ropes are made to encircle the hose; but the hooks 5.o differ in shape when'compared with the loop B, and the hooks are not so shaped as to positively prevent theaccidental escape ofthe ropes from the hook when under strain.

` I clairnl As an improved article of manufacture, the hose-carrier composed of the strap A, the ladderhook, and the loop B, opened atits rear side and opposite the direction Ot' the opening of the ladder-hook and provided with a pro- 6o jection, c, to extend across the edge of the strap A and hold it in the loop, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CORNELIUS CALLAHAN.

Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, B. J. NOYES. 

